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CHOLERA.
In 1910, cases of Cholera were still occurring in Russia, and
persons travelling from infected ports into England were required
to give their correct names and destinations to the Port Medical
Officer of the Port of Entry into England, who then forwarded
these to the Medical Officer of Health of the district concerned, so
that these contacts might be kept under supervision.
In this way the names and Finsbury addresses of 12 persons
who had been in contact with cases of Cholera were received by
the Council's Medical Officer from the Port Medical Officers of
London and Folkestone.
These contacts were then visited at intervals while they
remained in Finsbury.
In three cases the supervision could not be effected. One of the
contacts did not arrive at the address he gave, the other two were
unknown at the addresses furnished nor did they come there.
It is obvious that if this measure is to be usefully administered,
if by its means Cholera is to be detected in England at the earliest
possible minute, there must be good faith on both sides. The
correct address must be given and the contact must proceed there
in due course.
At present this is not always done and it would certainly appear
that further po-vers are desirable to deal effectively with this abuse
of hospitality and precautionary sanitary procedure.
CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Four cases were notified with 2 deaths.
The patients were all young children. One of the tenements
was reported to be verminous—the rest clean.
No source of infection was found.
in one case the diagnosis was confirmed by a post-mortem
examination.